Blackburn hopes left hanging by a thread after night of hell on pitch in Turkey

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UPON landing in Ankara, the Blackburn Rovers supporters were handed bowls of fruit by their Gençlerbirligi counterparts as the fans built a small bridge over the troubled waters of Anglo-Turkish relations. Graeme Souness’s side then received a banana skin as a hellish result left their Uefa Cup hopes hanging by a thread.

An away goal from Brett Emerton provided them with some hope, but Lorenzo Amoruso will not be relishing another meeting with Souleymane Youla after a mauling from the striker.

“Maybe some of our players approached it and thought it would be easy,” Souness said. “We weren’t at the